The Cuban singer-songwriter Descemer Bueno spoke out this week regarding the deportations of Cubans from the United States, adopting a stance that combines empathy and self-criticism. He stated that "many compatriots have come to commit crimes" and that there are those who did not regularize their immigration status, believing themselves to be "untouchable."
Bueno made these statements in an interview with CiberCuba, in which he discussed the impact of the immigration policies of the Trump administration on the Cuban community in Florida.
"It is very difficult and cruel to witness the things that happen, but it is also paradoxical because it is true that many Cubans, many compatriots, have come to commit crimes in the United States," the artist stated.
He also pointed out the Cuban immigrants who did not process their immigration documents properly.
"There are many people who have not completed their paperwork properly because they say 'we are Cubans, we are untouchable.' And well, it has been proven that no one is untouchable."
At the same time, the musician acknowledged that the situation is not uniform and that there are Cubans with I-220A who have been detained without having committed any crime, aside from entering the United States irregularly.
The status I-220A, a supervision order that allows individuals to remain in the country but does not grant residency or access to the Cuban Adjustment Act, affects approximately 400,000 immigrants who are in a legal limbo.
"I feel very sorry that many Mexicans and many Latinos have suffered this blow, but we also have Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar as a figure who tries to convince Trump that the situation should not be handled this way."
Regarding Donald Trump's role in these policies, the artist took a compassionate tone. "There are Republicans who are explaining things to the president and educating him because he doesn't have to know everything."
Bueno's statements come at a time of rising migration tensions for the Cuban community in Florida and in the United States as a whole.
Between 2025 and 2026, more than 6,000 Cubans were deported to Mexico following the initial refusal of the Havana regime to receive them.
It is not the first time that Bueno has taken a public stance on this issue. In March 2025, he criticized on social media the deportations of Cubans with I-220A, calling the Republicans who allowed them "more communist than the Democrats themselves." In that same post, he emphasized that Marco Rubio is 'the only hope for Cubans'.
Currently, Bueno maintains his confidence in Rubio, describing him as "a person who clearly does not abandon his own, nor his ideas," and he expressed conviction that the end of the Cuban dictatorship is near.
"I believe this is completely planned, thoroughly studied, and that it will be a precise and very swift blow against the regime," he commented.
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